RELIGIOUS ART | NEWS OF WEEK

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ALPHA OMEGA ARTS NEWS
By TAHLIB
Today's contemporary religious art movement had its origins twenty-years ago in Saint Louis. There, the Museum of Contemporary Religious Art began in a repurposed Catholic chapel. From the start, its pioneering priest/director Terrence Dempsey mounted major exhibitions with works by the nation's leading artists to inspire new dialogues about the world's faith traditions. Inspired by MOCRA, we only follow artists who add to that dialogue about world religions, and that's why a Paris retrospective (See above) of Bill Viola's pioneering video work rooted in Zen Buddhism, Islamic Sufism, and Christian mysticism is my NEWS OF WEEK.

In other religious art news from across the USA, and around the world:
  • Buddhist Art of Week: Jim Stanford turns Vegas signs into sacred mandalas [More News]
  • Christian Art of Week: Yinka Shonibare's "Last Supper" explodes capitalism [More News]
  • Hindu Art of Week: Idol in Ohio’s Toledo Museum of Art may have been stolen [More News]
  • Islamic Art of Week: Noah, and those who believed him were devout Muslims [More News]
  • Judaic Art of Week: Siona Benjamin's home is filled with Indian images [More News]
We are all members, united in the search for human meaning through art from the religious imagination. For us, it's more than Art. It's Religion. We follow artists who explore religious ideas with their creativity. When you follow religious artists, you join others who do the same. Some of us join as "Collectors" and make board decisions; others join as "Meeters" who gather for the dialogues; and most of us join as "Subscribers" to this "free" weekly newsletter; (or follow on: Tumblr, Twitter, Facebook, or Soundcloud). All vote for the A&O Prize.

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